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F. C. ROBINSON.

SHUTTBR PASTENER. No. 330,741. lPatented Nov. 17, 1885.

i gyz I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED. O. ROBINSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHUTTER-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,741, dated November17, 1885.

Application filed September 25, 1885. Serial No. 178,137. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern/.r

Be it known that I, FRED. C. ROBINSON, of the city and county of NewYork, in the State of New York, have invented a new and Improved ShutterPull and Catch, of which the following is a specification.

Blinds and shutters, as ordinarily used, are provided at the bottom withspring hooks or catches, which are adapted to enga-ge each with a pin orstud fixed in the window-frame, for securing the blinds closed. Thesedevices are not usuatly of such construction that they may be graspedand used as handles in swinging the blinds closed, and consequently itis usual for persons desiring to close the blinds to grasp and pulluponthe slats, and the tenons, therefore, are thus frequently broken offand the blinds otherwise injured and impaired.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive devicewhich may be secured to the blind, and will serve both as a pull orhandle in closing the blind and as. a catch or lock for retaining itclosed.

rlhe invention consists, essentially, in the combination, with a ring orloop, of a strap or keeper for securing the ring or loop to a blind,arranged transversely to and embracing one side of the ring or loop, anda catch or hook adapted to be secured to the window-frame, and withwhich the portion of the ring o r loop diametrically opposite the Strapor keeper may be engaged when the blind is closed, and by which theblind may be securely locked against any attempts to open it from theoutside.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a pair ofblinds having my improved pull and catch secured to them. Fig. 2 isafront elevation of a'portion of a blindstile,showing my improved deviceupon a much larger scale; and Fig. 3'is a sectional elevation upon theplane of the dotted line x Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thegures.

A A designate the two portions of a blind, which are hinged to a frame,B, in the usual manner, and a a designate the meeting-Stiles of theblinds, the latter stile, co, being adapted to close outside the former,a, so that a securing device applied to the blind A will hold them bothclosed. c

My improved pull or lock consists, essentially, of a ring or loop, O, akeeper or strap, D, whereby the ring or loop may be secured will be heldagainst turning circumferentially.

The loop or keeper D may be secured by screws d to the blind-stile a',and by similar screws, e, the hook or catch Emay be secured to thebottom portion of the frame B.

By the keeper or strap D the ring O is nexibly connected with the blind,so that it may be readily swung up into the position shown by dottedlines in Fig. 3, to serve as a handle in swinging the blinds to, and itthen forms a much more convenient hold for the hand than is obtained bygrasping theslats of the blind, as is usually done. After the blind isswung to, the ring C is turned down into engagement with the hook orcatch E, and then forms a secure lock or catch to hold the blind closed,and as it is entirely upon the inner side of the blind any attempts tounfasten the blind from the outside or to shake orV swing the loop O outof engagement with the catch or hook E will be futile. If desired, asimilar device may be applied to each half AA of the blind; but inasmuchas the blind A overlaps the blind A on the outside a single devicesecured to the blind A will answer the purpose.

The several parts of the device may be cheaply made of cast metal andapplied to any ordinary blind already in use, Without cutting the blindor the Window-frame.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is;

The blind pull and catch herein described,` consisting in thecombination of a ring or loop, C, a keeper or strap, D, for attachingthe ring or loop to a blind, arranged transversely to and embracing oneside of the ring or loop, and a hook or catch, E, to be secured to thewindowframe, and with which the portion of the ring or loopdiametrically opposite the keeper or strap may be` engaged,substantially as herein described.

FRED. O. ROBINSON. Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNEs, HENRY MOBRIDE.

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